Third time was the charm for Ice. Ascended West Apostle from its west ridge and went directly up the west ridge of Ice. Once on the false summit, I had to descend a couple hundred feet to cross the gully below the snow. Fun, solid scramble! Returned via the SW face crap - not so fun.

Standard NE. ridge. Great scramble! We did a fourth class variation of the crux, about fifty feet left, on somewhat solid rock. Long day, remote, very few people. This is in my top ten best peaks in Colorado!!!

Took the ridge from Huron all the way to West Apostle, tagging Ice along the way for the second time this year. A 19 hour day. I have a love-hate relationship with this peak and it's fellow Apostles. With Heather and Craig.

Did Ice via the NE ridge. No snow in the gully or on the ridge. Definitely need to test the handholds on the steeper sections of the Class 3-4 climbing as the rock is very loose, and rotten rock mixed in there too.
TH 4:30
Summit North: 9:00
Summit Ice: 10:00
Back to TH 3:00
Lots and lots of talus hopping, and some wet rock made for a very slow descent. Long day, but definitely a great time on these peaks, that dont feel like they are in the Sawatch.

I'd been eying this traverse since 2005 and finally made it up there. The climb to North Apostle & Ice Mtn was really fun with big talus high up just below the saddle. The traverse to West and the descent were slogs!

Via NE ridge after climbing N. Apostle; the route from the saddle to the summit was a real pleasure with pretty solid scrambling. We did the direct class 4 finish of the upper gully which was exciting. Too bad the scrambling was over so quickly after such a long slog to the saddle!

We started climbing towards the infamous 'Fridge' at 3am. Snow conditions were fantastic..no snowshoes needed. We were lucky enough to get no falling rock in the couloir..a hazard it is well known for! The traverse to N.Apostle was too harry due to snow accumulation..we ended up descending the 'Fridge'

I thought it was all hype. The nasty talus and scree on the approach for a short, mostly class 2+ ridge with 40 feet of chossy class 3 didn't allow the mountain to live up to it's reputation. The plus is the beautiful area Ice is located in and the views of the surrounding peaks.